2024–25 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda
ChairmanTomás Faria
Head coachSergio Valdeolmillos
(2nd season)
BALRunners-up
(defeated by Al Ahli Tripoli)
Unitel BasketChampions
(defeated Primeiro de Agosto)
Angolan CupWinners
(defeated Vila Clotilde)
Angolan SupercupWinners
(defeated Interclube)

Petro de Luanda plays the 2024–25 season in the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as well as in two national cup competitions.

This season was the first without Carlos Morais, whose 22-year tenure with Petro ended when he signed with rivals Interclube.[1] Other notable players who left were Jone Pedro (after 5 years) and Gerson Gonçalves (after nine years).

Petro successfully defended its national title by defeating Primeiro de Agosto in the finals in five games.[2][3] It was the eighteenth title of Petro, and the sixth consecutive championship. It was the second team to win six straight titles, following Primeiro de Agosto's streak between 2000 and 2005.[4] They also won the Angolan Cup and Super Cup, successfully completing the national treble.

In the BAL season, Petro reached a second straight BAL finals, but lost to Al Ahli Tripoli.

Overview

After the successful previous season, veteran Jone Pedro left the club (after 5 years), along with Gerson Gonçalves (after 9 years), who signed a contract in France.[5] The team reinforced themselves with Solo Diabate,[6] who returned after one season in Libya, and Patrick Gardner.[7] The season began with the Supertaça de Angola on November 24, 2024; Petro won the cup for an eleventh time after easily defeating Interclube in the game.[8]

In January 2025, Carlos Morais left the team after 22 seasons with Petro, when he signed with Interclube.[9] They also signed Rigoberto Mendoza.[10]

Petro was allocated in the Sahara Conference, and thus played the group stage games in Dakar. They finished second behind US Monastir and qualified for the playoffs.

On April 11, Petro won its 15th Taça de Angola (Cup) title after crushing Vila Clotilde in the final game.[11] With their victory they tied Primeiro de Agosto's record for most cup titles won.[11] On May 12, 2025, Petro announced the signing of Samkelo Cele to the team.[12]

On May 30, 2025, Petro successfully defended its national title by defeating Primeiro de Agosto in the finals in five games.[2][3] It was Petro's eighteenth title, and the sixth consecutive championship. It was the second team to win six straight titles, following Primeiro de Agosto's streak between 2000 and 2005.[4] As winners, Petro qualified directly for the 2026 BAL season. Aboubakar Gakou was named the Angolan League MVP for a third time, becoming the third player to win three or more awards, joining Eduardo Mingas and Olímpio Cipriano.[3]

Roster

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Petro de Luanda roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 00 Domingos, Gerson 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 29 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996
PG 1 Simão, Eduardo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2004-02-06)6 February 2004
PG 2 Moreira, Yanick 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-07-31)31 July 1991
PG 5 Dundão, Childe 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 27 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998
G 10 Diabate, Solo (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 37 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987
G 12 Mendoza, Rigoberto (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1992-07-06)6 July 1992
F/C 13 Castro, Clesio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1997-02-22)22 February 1997
SF 13 Mashebinu, Samson (E) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 17 – (2007-08-27)27 August 2007
F 15 Gakou, Aboubakar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
SG 23 Cele, Samkelo (I) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-12-28)28 December 1997
SF 24 Buiamba, Glofate 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999
F 28 Gardner, Patrick (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999
F 34 Anosike, EJ (I) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-11-11)11 November 1998
C 45 Manuel, Keneth 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1999-05-28)28 May 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: June 6, 2025

Transactions

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Date Source
00 G Solo Diabate 36 Al Ahli Benghazi 10 August 2024 [6]
4 C Patrick Gardner 28 Al Ahly August 25, 2024 [7]
26 G Rigoberto Mendoza 32 Astros de Jalisco January 13, 2025 [10]
G/F Samkelo Cele 26 Real Valladolid May 12, 2025 [12]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Date Source
7 C Jone Pedro 34 End of contract 10 August 2024
10 G Gerson Gonçalves 28 Aix Maurienne End of contract 16 July 2024 [5]
10 SF Carlos Morais 38 Interclube End of contract January 2025 [9]

Competitions

Friendly

Petro spent their pre-season in Spain, where they participated in a local tournament, to prepare for the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[13]

28 August 2024 Coviran Granada 80–67 Petro de Luanda Granada, Spain
Pts: Bamforth 14 Reference[14] Pts: Gardner 11 Attendance: 6,000

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

See also: 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Group phase

12 September Petro de Luanda 78–94 Unicaja Singapore
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 26–30, 20–20, 26–19
Pts: Castro 13
Rebs: Castro 9
Asts: Diabate, Domingos 6 		Box score Pts: Kalinoski 16
Rebs: Osetkowski 8
Asts: Osetkowski 7 		Arena: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,627
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Carlos Peralta (ECU), James Alexander Boyer (AUS)
14 September Petro de Luanda 75–80 Al Riyadi Singapore
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–11, 16–28, 24–18
Pts: Gakou 20
Rebs: Diabate 8
Asts: Diabate 7 		Box score Pts: Harris 22
Rebs: Gyokchyan 10
Asts: Gyokchyan 6 		Arena: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,925
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Yann Vezo Davidson (MAD), James Alexander Boyer (AUS)

5th-6th place classification game

15 September Petro de Luanda 70–64 Quimsa Singapore
13:00 Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 24–9, 16–22, 19–9
Pts: Gakou 20
Rebs: Gardner 10
Asts: Diabate 6 		Boxscore Pts: Romano 13
Rebs: Miller, Brussino 6
Asts: Brussino 8 		Arena: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,173
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Yann Vezo Davidson (MAD)

BAL

See also: 2025 BAL season

Sahara Conference

See also: 2025 BAL season group phase § Sahara Conference
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 US Monastir 6 4 2 478 444 +34 .667 Advance to playoffs
2 6 3 3 463 432 +31 .500[a]
3 Kriol Star 6 3 3 461 506 −45 .500[a]
4 ASC Ville de Dakar (H) 6 2 4 425 445 −20 .333
Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Petro de Luanda 1–1 Kriol Star, +26 point differential.
26 April 2025
1
 Kriol Star 74–103 Petro de Luanda Dakar, Senegal
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 16–21, 21–26, 33–32
Pts: Pack 17
Rebs: Mendes 7
Asts: Parker 7 		Boxscore Pts: Gakou 19
Rebs: Moreira 8
Asts: Dundão 13 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 2,305
Referees: Nate Cearley, Mbaye Seye, Haytham Ihaqaf
27 April 2025
2
 US Monastir 87–73 Petro de Luanda Dakar, Senegal
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–29, 17–22, 11–19
Pts: Sané 24
Rebs: Lahyani 9
Asts: Sayeh 5 		Boxscore Pts: Anosike 16
Rebs: Moreira 9
Asts: Dundão 6 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 1,768
Referees: Amr Aboolo, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Annie Joyce Muchenu
29 April 2025
3
 ASC Ville de Dakar 65–64 Petro de Luanda Dakar, Senegal
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–21, 19–13, 13–14
Pts: Gueye 16
Rebs: Gueye, Ndiaye 11
Asts: three players 4 		Boxscore Pts: Gardner 19
Rebs: Gardner 10
Asts: Dundão, Moreira 5 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 4,556
Referees: Nate Cearley, Aboollo Amr, Annie Joyce Muchenu
1 May 2025
4
 Petro de Luanda 78–68 US Monastir Dakar, Senegal
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 14–21, 20–13, 28–18
Pts: Mendoza 21
Rebs: Mendoza 11
Asts: Mendoza 4 		Boxscore Pts: Hardy 16
Rebs: Lahyani 9
Asts: Eldridge 4 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 2,304
Referees: Evans Kastine, Ojeaburu Kingsley, Seye Mbaye
3 May 2025
5
 Petro de Luanda 76–67 ASC Ville de Dakar Dakar, Senegal
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 22–14, 16–22, 13–14
Pts: Mendoza 14
Rebs: Moreira 10
Asts: Domingos 5 		Boxscore Pts: Perry 18
Rebs: Daly Fall 13
Asts: Daly Fall 6 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 9,250
Referees: Kastine Evans, Kalume Tonton Banza, Annie Joyce Muchenu
4 May 2025
6
 Kriol Star 71–69(OT) Petro de Luanda Dakar, Senegal
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–7, 20–12, 13–18, 9–25, Overtime: 9–7
Pts: Correia 16
Rebs: Almeida 13
Asts: Almeida 8 		Boxscore Pts: Buiamba 16
Rebs: Gardner 9
Asts: Diabate 9 		Arena: Dakar Arena

Playoffs

See also: 2025 BAL playoffs
Seeding game
7 June 2025 57–75 APR Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 14–26, 13–24, 11–24
Pts: Gardner 13
Rebs: Gardner 10
Asts: Ray 5 		Boxscore Pts: Diarra 19
Rebs: Diarra 16
Asts: Habimana 5 		Arena: SunBet Arena
Attendance: 4,190
Referees: Chelisa Painter, Amr Aboollo, Amir Taboubi
Quarterfinals
9 June 2025 US Monastir 84–95 Petro de Luanda Pretoria, South Africa
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 16–22, 18–29, 24–16
Pts: Hardy 17
Rebs: Eldridge 8
Asts: Eldridge 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ray 20
Rebs: Gardner 6
Asts: Dundão, Gardner 6 		Arena: SunBet Arena
Attendance: 2,213
Referees: Chelisa Painter, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza
Semifinals
11 June 2025 Al Ittihad Alexandria 74–96 Petro de Luanda Pretoria, South Africa
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 18–20, 12–22, 22–29
Pts: Deng 17
Rebs: Lual-Acuil 7
Asts: Lual-Acuil 7 		Boxscore Pts: Ray 21
Rebs: Gardner 12
Asts: Diabate 7 		Arena: SunBet Arena
Attendance: 4,615
Referees: Pat O'connell, Arnold Moseya, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza
Final
See also: 2025 BAL final
14 June 2025 Al Ahli Tripoli 88–67 Petro de Luanda Pretoria, South Africa
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 16–19, 23–16, 22–13
Pts: Marei 22
Rebs: Marei 19
Asts: Adams 7 		Boxscore Pts: Gakou 12
Rebs: Gardner 5
Asts: Dundão 8 		Arena: SunBet Arena
Attendance: 6,853
Referees: Julian Scott, Yann Vezo Davidson, Annie Joyce Muchenu

References

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  5. ^ a b "Gerson Gonçalves est Savoyard !". AMSB (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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  9. ^ a b "More than 20 years later, Carlos Morais says 'goodbye' to Petro and starts wearing the Interclube shirt". VerAngola. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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